Gate-fastening



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N. H. SMITH.

GATE FASTENING:

APPLICATION FILED MAY29. I919.

1 25,538, Patented Dec. 23, 1919. v

u-umdoz NEWTON H. SMITH, or HAMILTON, ILLINOIS.

GATE-"FASTENING.

Specification of Letters mat.

Patented Dec. 23, 1919.

Application filed May 29, 1919. serial in. 305,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON H. S iii'rn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamilton, in the county of Hancock and Stateof Illinois,have invented a new and useful Gate-Fastening, of which the following isa specification.

My invention relates to gate or door tenings, the principal object beingto provide a fastening which is adapted to be applied to the gate ordoor or door frame and to receive a flexible element attached to eitherthe door or frame in a manner as to permit the door being locked in aclosed position or in a slightly open position.

A further object of this invention is to provide a: fastener of thischaracter which will retain the gate in the positions mentioned andabsolutely prevent the gate from being fully opened.

Another object of this invention is to provide a gate fastener of thischaracter which may be used in conjunction with any type of chains thatare used in connection wlth gates or the like and which may also be usedin connection with any type of padlock that is ordinarily used to look achain to the usual type of staple.

Another general object is to provide a device of this character which issimple in construction, which consists of few parts, and which may bemanufactured and placed on the market at a minimum cost.

With the above and other objects and advantages in mind, the inventionconsists of .the combinations of elements constructions and formations,and general assemblage, the details of which will be specificallyreferred to and recited in the subjoined claims, one embodiment of theinvention being illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is an elevation of my improved fastener in operative position on agate showing the chain locked to the fastener; and

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the device removed from the gate.

On the drawings wherein like characters of reference designate likeparts in all the views the numeral 5 designates a stationary member of abuilding construction while 6 indicates the door or gate which has theusual chain or flexible element, 7 connected thereto.

Myiinprov'ed fastener includes a block plate 10 provided with screwreceiving openings through which extend screws or other fastening's 11.Formed on the plate and extending longitudinally thereof is anupstanding central yoke 12 which is provided with aiigula'rly disposedslot 13, the outer end of which is opeii to permit the reception of alink ofthe chain 7. Formed with the plate 10 and the hook 12 at thelower end thereof is a padlock receiving member or hasp 14.

In the use of the device one link of the chain is engaged in the slot 13and one of the links allowed to hang parallel with the hasp 14: and theshackle of a padlock inserted in the hasp 1 1 and the adjacent link ofthe chain and looked as illustrated in Fig. 1.

It will be manifest that this fastener is of such a construction as topermit the door to be locked in a slightly opened position or in aclosed position. If desired a hook may be carried by one of the links ofthe chain 7 and detachably engaged with the hasp 1 1 when it is desiredto retain the gate against swinging. A hook 15 is provided for thispurpose.

It will also be noted that this device is formed in a one piece castingand that only few operations are required to construct the device.

This disclosure is merely illustrative and it is to be understood thatthe same may be modified in many respects and that my limits of suchmodification are governed only by what is claimed.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the character described, a plateadapted to be fixed to a member, a hook formed thereon for the receptionof a flexible element, and a hasp mounted on the plate through which theshackle of a lock is adapted to be passed to engage with the flexibleelement.

2. In a device of the character described, a plate, an upstandin hookformed on the plate and extending longitudinally of thev plate andprovided with a slot for the reception of a flexible element, and a haspformed with the plate and disposed below the hook for the reception ofthe shackle of a padlock, the shackle being engageable with the flexibleelement to lock the same against movement.

3. In a gate fastening, the combination with a gate and a chain carriedthereby, of a plate fixed to an object, an upstanding hook formedthereon and having an angu larly disposed slot formed therein and havingan open end, the slot being adapted to receive one link of the chain,part of the chain depending downwardly from the link engaged in theslot, and a hasp formed with the plate, the hasp being parallel with oneof the links of the chain, and a lock having its shackle engaged throughthe hasp and said parallel link.

&. An article of manufacture comprising a plate, an outstanding slottedmember cast therewith adapted to receive a flexible elerent, and, a haspcast with the outstanding member, the hasp being adapted to receiveeither the shackle of a lock which is engage able with one link of theflexible element beyond the slotted member or to be engaged by a hookdepending from the flexible element.

An article of manufacture comprising an outstanding member provided withan open slot for the reception of a chain link and to hold the sameagainst turning, and a hasp carried by the outstanding membertherebeneath, the hasp being disposed in the same plane as theoutstanding member, and adapted to receive a hook or to receive alocking element engaged with one link of the chain.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

NEVJTON H. SMITH.

lVitnesses WILLIAM C. HOWELL, S. B. CHAPMAN.

